4.22.2009

When I was younger, I remember begging for the "cool" cereal that had the coolest toy in it. As a parent, I was excited the first time I seen a book inside the box of cereal! Not just a cheap and corny book, but a quality educational book!

Cheerios has given away more than 35 million children's book in cereal boxes. Cheerios has also donated almost $3 million to First Book, their non-profit partner, which provides books to low-income families.

In its third year, Cheerios is looking for anyone interested in writing children's books. This is to encourage previously unpublished, up-and-coming children's bookauthors and to nurture a love of reading. Entries will be accepted until July 15, 2009. Entrants will be judged on appropriate story and content for children ages 3-8, emotional connection, writing quality, uniqueness, and read-aloud potential. For more information go to Spoonfuls of Stories Contest.

Cheerios has sent the Morris Bunch a Spoonfuls of Stories gift set. This included all four of these books that you see. Two of the books are in English and Spanish! All of the books have something great to offer our children.

The favorite in our house is definitely Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett. My girls love monkeys! We tell them all the time that they are monkeys. They also love books about animals which is what this book is about. I love that I can read the book in Spanish or English to them.

Cheerios has also offered 1 lucky family their very own Spoonfuls of Stories gift set.

To Enter:

For the first entry, you MUST post a comment answering this question:

If you could be a character from a children's book, who would it be?

After that as long as the comment meets qualifications then you can continue entering!

To Qualify:

This giveaway is open to U.S. addresses only. You do not need to be a blogger to enter, but you must have a valid email address. If you enter anonymously without providing an email address, then I will choose another winner.

You must post a comment about your favorite children's book, favorite Cheerios, or the Spoonfuls of Stories program. (UNLIMITED ENTRIES)

Twitter this contest and you can also receive an extra entry. (UNLIMITED ENTRIES)

You can enter as many times as you would like andyou can post twice in a row!I will pull a winner sometime at 12AM EST on 4/25. I won't be telling you how far I will let it go, so keep posting! You can post consecutively.

I loved books. LOL I will just keep commenting about them. I used to be a big reader before I discovered the world of INTERNET haha!!

When I was really little, my favorite was Curious George!! My mom had "Curious George Goes to the Hospital" completely memorized. She used to tell me the story without even having the book. I think this is when my first desire to work in the medical field was born! ;)

Another favorite of mine is Goodnight Moon. That is just one of those sweet classic storybooks that is great at the end of the day... or in the middle of the day when you are cuddling on the couch and feeling calm.

I have a whole library of books down in my play room, I could go on for hours about favorite books. Dr. Seuss is of course a favorite author, you can never go wrong with one of his books....A person's a person no matter how small!

One of my favorite books is "I Am A Bunny" and Leo loves that one too. I remember reading that one when I was very small. Now, when I read it to Leo, it brings me back to being a little kid -- looking at those same pictures.